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The Utrecht University (Dutch Universiteit Utrecht) is situated in Utrecht, The Netherlands. It is one of the oldest and largest universities in the Netherlands.
It was founded on March 26, 1636, and had 23.716 students and 7.863 staff members in 2002.
Two large faculties (Arts and Law) are located in the inner city of Utrecht, but the majority of the buildings is in De Uithof, a sort of campus area on the outskirts of the city of Utrecht.
